Three British citizens were among 176 passengers and crew killed after a plane crashed in Iran, leaving no survivors.
Ukraine's foreign ministry confirmed that everyone aboard the Boeing 737 was killed after it came down shortly after it departed from Imam Khomeini International Airport in the Iranian capital of Tehran.
There were three British people on board, as well as citizens from six other countries, according to the Ukraine's Minister for Foreign Affairs Vadym Prystaiko.
Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine's president, said his government was working to understand the causes of the crash. He is cutting short a trip to Oman and returning to Kiev.
"My sincere condolences to the relatives and friends of all passengers and crew," he said in a statement.
Ukraine's embassy in Iran said on Wednesday morning that engine failure caused the plane to crash and denied that it was terror-related.
Flight data from the airport showed a Ukrainian 737-800 flown by Ukraine International Airlines took off on Wednesday morning, then stopped sending data about eight minutes later
It is not clear whether the incident is related to Iran's missile attacks on US bases in Iraq on Wednesday morning.
The Ukraine International Airlines jet that crashed this morning was less than four years old

War....even husband and wife own dey scatter television,doors and Windows....talkless of country vs country....America vs Iran for that matter.

hmmmm! it is well. na innocent people go suffer am pass

It's clear the clumsy Iranians brought down the jet in error with the Archaic air defence weapon they activated in the wake of their missile strike on iraq

GamalNasser:
It's clear the clumsy Iranians brought down the jet in error with the Archaic air defence weapon they activated in the wake of their missile strike on iraq

I agree with you.

Bad times for Iran...